VP Operations & Finance - Flooring Industry - Mumbai (Fort)

Job Description:

• Gender Preference: Male
• Working Hours: 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM
• Working Days: Monday to Friday
• Week Off: Saturday & Sunday
• Location: Fort, Mumbai (Near BSE)
• Benefits: Provident Fund (PF), Mediclaim, Travel Support for Factory Visits/Tours, and 24 Paid Leaves
• Industry Preference: Flooring or Tiles industry experience will be an added advantage

Operations & Manufacturing

• Own end-to-end operations at the Palghar factory - production planning, capacity utilisation and throughput.
• Drive down the order-to-install cycle (currently around 90 days) through process mapping and bottleneck removal.
• Institute quality gates that eliminate shade variation and cracking on large orders.

Procurement & Supply Chain

• Lead raw-material procurement (cement, stone powder, white cement); build supplier scorecards and re-negotiate rates.
• Manage inventory, reduce holding, clear dead stock, and secure supplier co-op / subsidy where available.

Installations & Projects (Gaaia)

• Oversee the Gaaia installation arm; improve on-time handover and reduce site rework.

Finance, Accounts & MIS

• Own the P&L and balance sheet for both BFT and Gaaia; establish true net margins and cost-of-manufacture by SKU.
• Tighten receivables and ageing (recover written-off debt, cut DSO); manage cash flow, budgets and forecasts.

Systems, Reporting & Process

• Install a weekly KPI / MIS dashboard and department reporting into the Monday Management Committee Meeting.
• Document SOPs and build the operating discipline for a business run on systems, not firefighting.

People & Team

• Lead and develop department heads; set KRAs; drive performance and accountability.

Commercial Coordination

• Partner with Sales & Marketing (which report to the MD) to align supply, delivery and cost with demand.

Experience & Background

• 12 - 18 years in operations leadership in manufacturing - ideally building materials, tiles or interior products, or an SME with a factory-plus-project-install model.
• Demonstrable ownership of BOTH operations and the finance / commercial numbers - direct P&L exposure is essential.
• Track record of building systems, MIS and process discipline in a founder-led or family business.

Qualifications

• Engineering / operations background with an MBA (Operations or Finance) preferred; or a finance / CA background with strong hands-on operations exposure.